Year: 2009

  • Gartners Glimpse of 2010 IT Issues

    Gartners Glimpse of 2010 IT Issues

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Gartners Glimpse of 2010 IT Issues Gartner’s IT Expo & Symposium is being held this week in Orlando, Fla. During the opening keynote address, Gartner’s leading analysts made some predictions and recommendations for IT. Gartner’s findings may foretell what business issues and budget restraints VARs could be facing in 2010. Channel Insider takes a deeper… Read more

  • Limbering Up for Agile Software Development

    Ericka Chickowski

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    As more enterprises lean toward the iterative development techniques of the agile and lean development movements, more and more of them will depend upon channel partners to not only provide the tools necessary to reengineer their workflows, but also the expertise and advice needed to help shift development paradigms. “Agile really requires a shift in… Read more

  • Microsoft Channel Chief Issues Partner Call to Action Around Windows 7

    Carolyn April

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    Microsoft will – finally – launch Windows 7 in New York today, making the new version of the operating system generally available to the public. Partners have had access to the OS for some months now, as they build out their solutions and applications to be ready to go to market, but they are getting… Read more

  • Outsourcing Poised to Recover?

    Jessica Davis

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    While outsourcing may look as if it got a big boost in the third quarter, with total contract value 21 percent higher over Q2 and 40 percent higher year over year, a closer look reveals another trend may be responsible for the spike. Sourcing data and advisory giant TPI, which acts as a matchmaker between… Read more

  • Symantec Study Finds Fake Security Software Rampant

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec report on cybercrime. Cyberthieves are increasingly planting fake security alerts that pop up when computer users access a legitimate website. The… Read more

  • Windows 7 Deployment Sparks Optimism

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Even though some channel partners remain skeptical about the bounce they expect Windows 7 to provide to their sales numbers in the next year, a new study out by ITIC and Sunbelt Software shows that 60 percent of companies worldwide have made plans to deploy the new operating system, and 49 percent will do it… Read more